Bill Text: IL HR0939 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Sybil Mervis on being honored with the 2018 historical preservation award from the Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0939 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0939-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Sybil Mervis on receiving | ||||||
4 | the Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's | ||||||
5 | annual historical preservation award; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Foundation annually recognizes a deserving | ||||||
7 | individual who has made significant contributions to preserve | ||||||
8 | local history; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Sybil Mervis moved to Danville 60 years ago when | ||||||
10 | she married Louis Mervis and has been an integral community | ||||||
11 | volunteer and leader for the last six decades; this recognition | ||||||
12 | highlights her steadfast commitment and outstanding | ||||||
13 | accomplishments regarding historical preservation on the local | ||||||
14 | and family level; and
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15 | WHEREAS, An author, writer, and memoirist, Sybil Mervis has | ||||||
16 | published several books, articles, and pamphlets on local and | ||||||
17 | family history; her latest book, In the Middle, details her | ||||||
18 | youth growing up in Bloomington; she also penned A Great | ||||||
19 | Depression Courtship, about the early lives and courtship of | ||||||
20 | her parents; she painstakingly researched the histories of the | ||||||
21 | Jewish communities of Danville and Attica, Indiana, which were | ||||||
22 | published in various media, including The Heritage magazine of |
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1 | the Vermilion County Museum Society, booklets, and a chapter of | ||||||
2 | History of Fountain County, Indiana; researching the history of | ||||||
3 | her family farm's property near Potomac, she wrote What the | ||||||
4 | River Hid, the story of the Meneley Mill on the Middlefork | ||||||
5 | River; she has written multiple pamphlets on family history, as | ||||||
6 | well as a biography of her late mother-in-law, the Life of | ||||||
7 | Martha Mervis; she researched the history of the Danville | ||||||
8 | Public Library, which was published in articles in The | ||||||
9 | Heritage; she also co-wrote two local civic booklets, Know Your | ||||||
10 | City and Danville Digest of Local Government; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Sybil Mervis is recognized for her contributions | ||||||
12 | in the area of historical preservation, which have been | ||||||
13 | integrated with her decades-long involvement as a tireless | ||||||
14 | advocate for the Danville Public Library, the Vermilion County | ||||||
15 | Museum, and local education; she has devoted many hours of | ||||||
16 | volunteer time and generously supported these areas over the | ||||||
17 | years; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
19 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
20 | congratulate Sybil Mervis on receiving the Illiana | ||||||
21 | Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's annual | ||||||
22 | historical preservation award, and we recognize her | ||||||
23 | contributions to preserving the history of our State; and be it | ||||||
24 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to Sybil Mervis as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
3 | respect.
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